If you are responsible then you
will be concerned. Concerned without bias and prejudice, no malice and
favoritism or greed. What affects humanity affects you. It is quite clear that
religion is problematic and in the recent times is source of serious nuisance
across the world. Religion seems
seriously ill-equipped to factor fast changing and challenging contemporary
reality hence followers are reduced to stuttering herds easily manipulated or
carry heightened sense of worth and supremacism over life. Religion is reduced
to a system that keeps humans trapped in fantastical world increasingly
isolated from critical thinking faculty and what is essential to be a human. In
a world where much was unknown religion gave solace and functioned as
communitarian value. With increased awareness of the world as also of self, simultaneous
woeful mismatch, ridiculous claims and inadequacy, religion is reduced to an
anachronistic nuisance, a pitiable presence that is deviously worked by
sociopaths to trap people.
Not all religions are equal, many
have seen reforms, revolt, some actively try to ameliorate suffering of people
simultaneously factoring changing reality while some societies have evolved to
understand futility of religion hence secular humanistic values as anchor to
deal with life. Some religions are seeing market spiked regressive revivalism. Some
have remained crude while some are anchored to primitive -hinged in time space
bypassing all the modern values and egalitarian intents. So, religion cannot be
really be equated in the same frame and condemned but what is clear is that
they must face equal full force of critical scrutiny and evolved understanding
that sync with democratic ideals, freedom and liberty -these are not subjective
and is an indelible aspect of being a human. Denying this is denying humanity,
a serious violation. Religion affects society, and as a concerned human we must
be free to critically scrutinize and question what affects humanity. No
religion or system is immune from critical scrutiny or ridicule (ofcourse
within the aesthetic frame that is essentially expected to be evolved and
empathetic).
There is a sinister game being
played by devious people in West so as to control international narration hence
continue to occupy moral space as entitled arbitrators. They gained from
colonial comforts and actively tapped neo colonial forces hence exaggerated
presence. They nurture feudal institutions and values with impunity and amazing
hypocrisy that grievously impact democratic ideals and humanitarian concerns.
They are part of neoliberal ecosystem and market media, hence actively play
role in policy matters and molding public opinion. Exploitative neo liberal and
crony capitalism caters to their greed and wanton consumerism. They channelize
resource from all across the world in a complex liberal sounding ruse that see them
as perpetual winners. They also readily ‘sex up’, when needed, to attack other
countries, mass kill, maim and mutilate hapless people, for resources and use
destruction as strategy to extend influence through state. Apart from
controlling narration they also nurture feudal institutions in the garb of
democracy for ease of exploitation. They chose and install corrupt leaders and narcissist
puppets, and remove them as they fancy. They encourage lowest denominator to
keep people into manipulatable herds. Much of the world that contains fossil
fuel are predominantly 'Islamic nations', essentially means that human beings are
systematically degraded so that democratic institutions cannot be nurtured or else
easily crumble despite best efforts of common people (as we saw in the
aftermath of ‘Arab spring’). The state falls in the trap of self-defeating
theocracy or impudent hedonistic feudals -giving the impression as liberal, as
a binary. Common people are not factored when West deal with these ‘representatives’
–who become point people for wanton consumption, corruption and conduit of exploitation
-West has worked out such neocolonial ecosystem all across the world. In this deal the back
story for people is showcased with Islam as a pawn for West to play liberal. So,
while they orchestrate exploitation of resources and common people -indeed mostly
muslims, there is a blood protection deal for Islam. International institutions
are extension of West’s narrative grip; hence ‘Islamophobia will not be
tolerated’ celebration to appease islamists and embolden obscurantist keenly watching
from the fence, while essentially lighten hardship of feudal controllers in their
conduit in exploitation. Let’s be clear there is nothing wrong in hating
religion (indeed one must) considering the damage it has done/doing to the
contemporary world even sidetracking critical existential concerns. Hating religion
is not hating people. Hating system is an attempt at liberating people from its
sinister hold. And yes, Islam is major source of misery. Its growth must be
viewed with serious concern. The carte blanche extended to Islam by devious West
as a redemption deal is a gross violation. It also monoculturise the vibrant
diversity and resistive culture within the religion into what West deem into
power matrix for easy deal, or they have agreed with feudals as convenience
barter. Islam cannot be given special protection because devious West wants to
showcase its benevolence essentially at the expense of common people while
feeding the worst, or possible black mailed through unleashing vicious herd.
Islam must be criticized while ordinary people/muslims must be protected. Every
religion and belief must be open to critical scrutiny and ridicule while every
human being must be protected under rule of law and enjoy freedom and liberty.
Religion is a subjective system and cannot be extended protection over indelible
aspect of what it means to be a human being. Any attempt is a serious
transgression with severe ramification. Meanwhile countries like Britain -with
over exaggerated presence in international scene, must be taken to task for
degradation and sickening savior patronizing stance (indeed compulsive islamophilia
cringe as a recent extension of white people’s burden) that has least value for
life or liberty. Colonial control has seen to that people located in
Britain/language/accent have overwhelming control over international narration,
hence many acts as mercenaries to authenticate narration (post-colonial
societies have exaggerated presence of word defecating vermins working their call
center accent to influence herd as sterling intellect while litters are awe
struck by turn of sentence and kept amused with vocabulary!). A nation that
wallows in the luxury of colonial abuse, nurtures feudal institutions and
presents Christianity as moral foundation of democracy is severely compromised
hence is easily susceptible to degrading systems and is incapacitated to critically
scrutiny nor perceive the danger. Taking high moral grounds and over playing
liberal is no substitute for responsibility. Colonial Britain has done immense
damage across the world -but then those were brutal times and they were better
equipped and smarter to deal. But the damage post-colonial Britain has done,
and continues to do, to the contemporary world is immense which needs deeper
study and response consolidation.
